Guard-rail chair.



D. CRANE.

GUARDRAIL CHAIR. APPLI'OATION FILED was, 1901.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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' .GUARD RAIL CHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUGJJ, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 23, 1909 Application filed August 6, 1907. Serial No. 387,370.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID. CRANE, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Rutland,

1n the county of Rutland and State of 5 Vermont, have invented. a new and useful Improvement in Guard-Rail Chairs, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements upon my Patent Numher 621,490, patented March 21', 1899, the

object being to improve the general con- 7 struction of .the chair, so that the rails can be readily placed therein.

. -Another object of my invention is to pro- -15.vide the. chair with very novel means for adjusting the same.

Another object of m I invention is to pro- .vide .the chair withdedechable cheek pieces so that they can be readily put in place after the rails have been laid on the chair;

Still another object of my invention is to provide a chair with a guide-way in which is mounted a cheek piece which is adjusted by a wedge-shaped key.

25 With these and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel features- .of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and'pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this ,specification:Figure 1 is a top plan View of my improved chair showing the main rail and the guard-rail in place. Fig.- 2 is aside view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is an end view of Fig. l.

the cheek-pieces and locking key removed. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the adjustable cheekpiece. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one '40 ofthe spacing cheek pieces.

Referring to the drawings A indicates my improved chair which is adapted to be spiked on a tie and consists of a flat plate A provided with flanged sides A adjacent one end forming guide-ways for the purpose hereinafter fully described. A flanged hookmember B is formed centrally on the plate adjacent the other end, under which the flange vof a main-rail C is adapted to fit and '50 be. secured by spikes D passing through openings'A formed in the plate. A guard rail E is arranged on the chair adjacent the ends of theguideway and arranged between the main rail and guide rail are wedge- Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the chair with shaped cheek-pieces F and G provided with transverse openings which are adapted to aline with openings in the web of the main rail and guard rail, it ofcourse being understood that these cheek pieces are of the shape I to lit the rails'and are provided with cut-out portions 'on their top, so as to allow the flange of the wheel tolhave plenty of room.

Mounted in the guide-ways of the chair is a cheek-piece H which is so formed that it fits up against the outside of the guard rail and is provided with a transverse opening in aline- -ment with the opening in the guard-rail,

through which a bolt J is adapted to extend and secure the guard and main rails together. The base of the cheek-piece is provided with an oblique end which is adapted to -be engaged by a key K which extends through slots formed in the guideways, the key being wedge-shaped to conform to the end of the cheek-piece, so that the cheek-piece will be moved outwardly as the key is driven farther in. The key being provided with an opening which is adapted to register with one of-the openings formed in the base and through which a spike L is adapted to be driven for locking the key in position.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have provided a very novel guard-chair which is so constructed that therails will be securely held in position and together, so that by driving the key in-' wardly, the guard and main rails will be forced outwardly so as'to aline the tracks.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a plate adapted to receive guard and main rails, of a hook member formed on said plate at one end engaging the outside of the main rail, said plate being provided with flanged sides at its other end forming a gnideway, wedge shaped cheek pieces provided with smooth contacting sides arranged between the guard and main rails provided with openings, a cheek piece slidably mounted in said guideway engaging the guard rail and provided with an oblique-end, a bolt extending through said cheek pieces and rail, said flanged edges being provided with slots and a wedge shaped key extending through the slots of the flanges engaging the oblique end of the cheek piece.

2. The combination with a plate adapted to receive guard and main rails, a hooked bolt extending through said cheek-pieces and member formed on said plate engaging the rails, and means for adjusting said uhte v outside of the main rail, cheek-pieces a'rpiece, for the purpose described. ranged between the guard zind main rails DAVID CRANE.

5 said plate being proyided with flanged edges Witnesses:

forming a guideway, a cheekiece slidably JOHN D. SPELLMAN, mounted on said plate in said guideway, 21 1 JAMES QUIGLEY. 

